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Refugees stranded, will have to wait until March 18 for EU’s final decision

In the cold weather, flooded by the pouring rain rain, some gather in tents, some outdoors, some even in the mud, but over 13,000 refugees in Idomeni await the decision from Brussels whether they’ll be allowed to continue their journey to Germany or not. This morning the situation got even worse. Mud, fog, flooded tents and soaking wet clothes drying...

Refugee Torment: Two hours wait for food – doctor, toilets – How many days to get into Macedonia!?

In a desperate situation, without the basic living conditions, in thin tents on open ground 14,000 refugees from Syria and Iraq are spread across a field in Idomeni, waiting on European leaders, who are in Brussels deciding whether to "seal" the Balkan Route, and what to do with the thousands of refugees stranded in Idomeni. Even though the conditions...

Tusk – Ivanov: Synchronized action is needed to address the refugee problem

Today, President Gjorge Ivanov met with the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk. Ivanov’s Cabinet announced that at the meeting, they will focus on efforts to achieve a common European solution for the refugee and migrant crisis. “We require and expect a decision from the European Council, and we have no interest in letting the entire burden fall only...

Donald Tusk and Robert Fico visit Macedonia

European Council President Donald Tusk while on is tour of the Balkans countries hit by the migrant crisis, todays visits Macedonia. In the afternoon, he is scheduled to meet with Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov. Today in Macedonia will be the Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico and Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kaliňák. They, along with Interior Minister Oliver Spasovski will visit the...

At Idomeni 10,000 refugees are waiting to be allowed into Macedonia

More than 10,000 refugees are stranded in the camp at Idomeni waiting to be let through by Greece into Macedonia. The number is increasing daily, from 1,000 to 2,000 refugees. The closed gate on the Macedonian side has not discouraged refugees, who arrive in large numbers daily from the Greek islands, and from there make their way to Athens,...

“BBC” provoke Poposki: Did you enter politics to throw tear gas at children?

“Your country fired tear gas on many people, many of them were children. Now I’m just wandering, is that why you went into politics for?” Provocatively asked the BBC journalist from Newsnight to Nikola Poposki, the Foreign Minister to Macedonia. “I don’t think this is a fair judgment”, replied Poposki. According to the Foreign Minister, Macedonia is trying to implement all...

Tomorrow Tusk meets with President Ivanov in Skopje

The President of the European Council President Donald Tusk, arrives in Skopje tomorrow to meet with President Gjorge Ivanov, where they shall discuss  the refugee crisis. The visit is part of Tusk’s short-tour, from March 1st -3rd, he will travel to Vienna, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Skopje and Athens to continue building a European consensus on addressing the migrant crisis, but also to prepare...

The border with Greece has been “Hermetically” closed

At the border today, near Gevgelija has been “hermetically” closed to refugees and railway traffic. Today, the refugees who are stranded at Idomemni, on the Greek side of the border, protested peacefully and demanded that they open the borders. At this shelter, there are 7,000-9,000 refugees from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. The area already resembles a real small town, with...

One policeman and nine migrants were injured during the incidents at the border – The situation is now under control

After the incident where refugees in protest began to throw stones and broke through part of the wired fence on the Greek - Macedonian border, thousands of men, women and children have been sitting on the railway line this afternoon and continued their protest and demands that the Macedonian police let them through so they can continue their journey...

Border with Greece has been reinforced with iron polls

Tensions are at a high at Idomeni after refugees broke through the barriers in protest to get through to the Macedonian side. Desperate after waiting for days, the refugees began to throw stones at the fence and the police. The police force from the Macedonian side responded with tear gas to try to disperse the crowd and to calm...

20.000 Refugees stranded in Greece, at Idomeni 6,000 refugees are still waiting

At the moment, all across Greece, 20,000 – 25,000 refugees have been stranded in the country. The figure is expected to rise which was released by the Minister for Migration Yiannis Muzalas in an interview with the Greek television “Mega” where he stated that he expected the numbers to rise, as every day thousands of refugees arrive every day...

The Steering Committee rules the number of refugees leaving determines the number allowed to enter

The Steering Committee, who have the highest authority regarding the refugee crisis, at a closed session last night came to a decision regarding the numbers of refugees in Macedonia. They have decided, to let the same amount of refugees in at the border-crossing Bogorodica, and to let the same amount of refugees out at the border-crossing Tabanovce. The session, was chaired...

Jolevski: Migrants arriving in Macedonia has increased tenfold

The Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM) is willing to accept the increased number of foreign nationals, and at present there is no need to increase the number of troops on the Southern border. This was stated by Minister of Defence Zoran Jolevski, yesterday at the opening of the Advanced School of NATO, "Dealing with the threat of terrorism in...

Dutch Foreign Minister Koenders visits Macedonia

Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders today in Skopje will meet with the Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki and the President of Macedonia, Gjorge Ivanov. The Foreign Ministry announced that the main topic of discussion will be dealing with the migrant crisis, the Dutch Presidency of the EU Council, the European integration of Macedonia and the bilateral relations between the two...

On Sunday Dutch Foreign Minister Koenders will visit Skopje on his way to Athens

The Dutch Foreign Minister Bert Koenders will visit Macedonia and Greece on Sunday, the Dutch Embassy has announced. Holland currently holds the rotating European Union Presidency. Meetings with the Macedonian President Gjorge Ivanov and the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, will focus on the refugee crisis and opportunities for better cooperation between countries on the western Balkan's route for refugee's....

Kurz: If necessary, refugee camps will be built in Macedonia

In the coming weeks, Austria will reach its limit for taking refugees for the year (37,500) and will close the border said Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz said at a joint press conference with Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki. “Austria is a member of the three countries along with Germany and Sweden, who take in the most refugees. Our decisions will...

Taxi drivers from Gevgelija block the border and the city

Around 250 buses and taxi drivers from Gevgelija at noon began a two-hour blockade at the border crossing point. They want to be involved in the transport of migrants after the recent deal they made with authorities. Besides blocking traffic in both directions at the border crossing, for an hour they also obstructed access to the city. The reason for the...

Poposki – Zaorálek: Macedonia won’t be turned into a refugee camp

Macedonia will fulfil its obligations in accordance with international law and will provide accommodation for all asylum seekers based in the country, but we will not allow ourselves to be turned into a refugee camp, said Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki after the meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic,Lubomír Zaorálek . “Migrants don't come to Macedonia...

The wired fence doubled, then check points, after that, refugee camps?

Setting up an additional wired fence at quota 59 at the Macedonian-Greek border, for protection against migrants illegally crossing, apparently is the first phase of the implementation of the agreement between Macedonia and the European countries to help control the refugee crisis in the wake of the influx of people expected to arrive in the Spring. The second phase, as announced,...

ARM are putting up another line of wired fence on the Southern border

Another line of wired fence is being raised on the southern border by the Army of Macedonia to strengthen security along the border in the wake of the crackdown on leaks of refugees in to Europe. The network of wires is being set up intensively left and right of quota 59. ARM at the end of November last year began building...